[S7] Civil Records, Ariano di Puglia, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Ariano Irpino, #135.
the mayors of Villanova del Battista, Giovanni Venuti, and officials of Ariano proceed with the celebration of the marriage of Luigi Colantuono, age 28, a tailor, born & living in Villanova del Battista, son of Leopoldo Colantuono, land owner, who lives in & is a resident of this town, and son of deceased Carolina di Pippo; to Maria Sabatelli, age 15 not completed, a farm hand, born and living in the same town; daughter of unknown parents. the wedding had the consent of the guardian Antonio Venuti.

Luigi was in jail in Ariano because he had violated Maria; it can be understood by the fact that he had to marry her to be acquitted of his crime and get free again.